Air Products & Chemicals Logs 4Q Profit as Pandemic Headwinds Continue
November 11 2020 - 7:07AM
Dow Jones News
By Matt Grossman
Air Products & Chemicals Inc. on Wednesday posted a
fourth-quarter profit and slightly higher revenue year over year,
but said the Covid-19 pandemic continued to weigh on earnings.
The Allentown, Pa.-based industrial-gas producer reported a net
profit of $486.8 million, or $2.19 a share, compared with $503.2
million, or $2.27 a share, a year earlier.
The company made no adjustments to its profit for special items.
Accounting for any adjustments, analysts had been expecting a
profit of $2.21 a share.
Air Products' revenue was $2.32 billion, up from $2.28 billion.
Analysts had forecast $2.26 billion.
Effects from the pandemic reduced earnings in the quarter by an
estimated 15 cents to 20 cents a share, as merchant demand declined
for industrial gasses in the Americas and overseas, the company
said.
Write to Matt Grossman at matt.grossman@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
November 11, 2020 06:52 ET (11:52 GMT)
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